CONTAINERS Synonyms

• a container that is usually woven and has handles

• the quantity contained in a basket

• horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

• a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

• a container; usually has a lid

• an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself

• the quantity contained in a bin

• store in bins

• a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

• private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance

• the quantity contained in a box

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

• a rectangular drawing

• evergreen shrubs or small trees

• any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned

• the driver's seat on a coach

• separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people

• a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

• put into a box

• hit with the fist

• engage in a boxing match

• a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

• the quantity contained in a bucket

• put into a bucket

• carry in a bucket

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

• the quantity contained in a can

• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

• preserve in a can or tin

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• the quantity contained in a carton

• a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

• an occurrence of something

• a special set of circumstances

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• the actual state of things

• a portable container for carrying several objects

• a person requiring professional services

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a problem requiring investigation

• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

• the quantity contained in a case

• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

• a specific state of mind that is temporary

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• a specific size and style of type within a type family

• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

• the housing or outer covering of something

• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

• look over, usually with the intention to rob

• enclose in, or as if in, a case

• the quantity a cask will hold

• a cylindrical container that holds liquids

• the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

• box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

• the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

• furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

• a space into which an area is subdivided

• a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

• a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

• the quantity contained in a crate

• put into a crate; as for protection

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

• a holding device

• a person who holds something

• the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it

• a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food

• the quantity contained in a jar

• a sudden jarring impact

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

• shock physically

• affect in a disagreeable way

• place in a cylindrical vessel

• a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

• a wrapped container

• (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

• put into a box

• a large indefinite quantity

• a complete collection of similar things

• a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

• an association of criminals

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

• a group of hunting animals

• a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

• a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

• a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

• arrange in a container

• fill to capacity

• compress into a wad

• carry, as on one's back

• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• press tightly together or cram

• hike with a backpack

• press down tightly

• seal with packing

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• load with a pack

• treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood

• metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• the quantity contained in a pot

• a container in which plants are cultivated

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

• slang for a paunch

• a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

• street names for marijuana

• plant in a pot

• a container that is used to put or keep things in

• enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

• an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

• an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

• a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

• as much as a tank will hold

• a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

• a cell for violent prisoners

• store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

• consume excessive amounts of alcohol

• treat in a tank